Can I keep these with a manthis?

[Eklikewhoa]

I have a FOWLR right now that houses a dwarf fuzzy lion and valentini puffer.....tank is a 50g.

Would I be able to add a peacock in there with no problems?

 

[Guygettnby]

it depends on the mantis. every one is different and some may kill anything in the tank with it. so i wouldnt recomend adding a peacock into that tank with those fish if you care about them.

also depending on the size peacock you get watch out for the puffer attacking it as well.

 

[englishgramma]

to be fair to all creatures NO !!!!!! Enjoy them in their own rights. You can create a small cheap nano system for a mantis that would allow you to interact with one and enjoy it more.

 

[acrodave]

I have a 4-5 in female peacock and a long nose hawk in the same tank and the mantis dont even look at it

 

[englishgramma]

Hi Dave,

I've heard several stories of mantis living 'happily' with tank mates for several months then...................!!!! as someones else says it ends not with a bang, not with a wimper but a thwack.....

There is a shop in the UK that has a very large peacock smasher in a species nano. The nano had a big flat worm problem so the owner put a six line in. The wrasse ate all the flat worm over a period of a few months. When they had all gone the peacock ate him. Hardly fair after the spring clean he'd done.

 

[Wildinside]

I guess the mantis thought he had outlived his usefulness.

 

[Eklikewhoa]

Well the peacock is about 4".... the lion and puffer is about 2". I might just do a dual display that is plumbed together.

 

[englishgramma]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12769388#post12769388 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Wildinside
I guess the mantis thought he had outlived his usefulness.

Fair point - well made - they are meant to be intelligent arent they !

 

[garc19]

I jsut added three yellow tailed damsels to my 65 gallon which had housed only a peacock. When the damsel swam right in front of the peacock I thought that was the end of the damsel. The peacock has paid no attention to the damsels for the past week. I think it is hit or miss.